Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Moses Peterson, Bexar County, Texas, 1869
Moses Peterson registered to vote in Bexar County on November 25, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Bexar County
Moses Peterson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Moses Peterson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Peterson in Bexar County
- Ramires Petersonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1845
- Wellington Petersonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1867
Petersons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Peterson
- Peters 13
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 52 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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